She had arrived to stay with her friends the Laurences on 4 July and had a stroke the same day. To hospital visitors she said she was sorry to miss a Christina Foyle
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1906: William and Gilbert Foyle (already active...
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1906
William
and Gilbert Foyle
(already active as booksellers) opened their shop at 119-125 Charing Cross Road, which became the biggest bookshop in London.
Samuel, Bill. “Proper Bookselling”. The Author, Vol.
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“Foyles and Book-Buying”. infed: the encyclopedia of informal information.
